Whip-socket.



No. 781,680. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905. J. O. BROOKS.

WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29,1904.

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No. 781,630. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905. J. O. BROOKS.

WHIP SOCKET.

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UNiTEn STATES ATENT OrFicE.

JOHN C. BROOKS, OF CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

WHlP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 781,630, dated February '7, 1905.

Application filed September 29, 1904. Serial No. 226,517.

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Be it know n that 1', JOHN (J. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States. residing at Charleston, in the county of toles and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in \Yhip-Sockets, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention has relation to improvements in whip-sockets; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts of which it is composed. all as will be hereinafter explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The annexed drawings. to which reference is made, 'tully illustrate my invention, in which 7 Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved whip-socket. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. i is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line a .r, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line a 1/, s-

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the whip-socket, comprising two sections 1/. The section a is provided with the lugs 0, having female screwthreaded openings (Z to receive screws, by which the socket is secured to the dashboard ot' a vehicle in the usual manner. is further provided on its inner face with a single lug 0, having a transverse opening or bearingf, a recess 7, in which is arranged a lock /1, that is tirmly secured to this section of the whip-socket, and on the end i and outside jot the recess are deep flanges Z' and the flange being designed to hide the lock from view from this side of the socket. The section I), which has its rocking movement on the stationary section a, is provided with twin lugs 11 m, having openings or bearings 11 11, corresponding to the opening in the single lug on the section a, and the lower end of this section is provided with a recess 0, formed by This section i the deep side flanges p p and end 9. The l flange 1/ is somewhat longer than the flange p and serves to cover the space a 1n the section a. This space is formed in this section to admit the lock /1 in applying it to the socket and detaching said lock for making repairs thereto should the same need it.

On the inner face of the section 7) and below the hinged joint of the two sections is a projection or lug '1. that engages the bar 2/ of the lock when the two sections are in a locked position. At the upper end of the section 6 are two side wings I w, which incline outward and serve to guide and retain the movable section in position on the lixed section.

The movable section 1/. is provided with a rein-holder w, the same being curved inward at the point (1' and outward at 7), and the same is arranged directly opposite a slot 0, formed in said section I).

The flange p of the section I) is provided with notch (l', which straddles the key of the lock when the key is inserted. A pin (2 passes through the lugs and m m, thereby hinging the two sections to one another.

It will be seen from the above description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings that in order to prevent a whip from being removed from its socketor stolen when the driver is absent the key is turned, which causes the bar or boltot' the lock to engage the projection f. thus lirmlybindingthe movable section to the butt-end of the whip and preventing the butt or large end of said whip from being drawn out of the socket. in releasing the whip the operator simply insorts the key into the lock, turns it, and withdraws the bolt from engagement with the projection. thus permitting the section to rock upon its hinge and release the whip from its grasp. By means of the side flanges on said section I) the lock is hidden from view, and said llanges in connection with the top or inclined wings serve to guide and retain the movable section in position. Also it will be observed that in arranging the rein-holder directly opposite the slot in the section b when the reins are passed into the holder said reins are caused to bear somewhat in the slot, thereby taking a greater grip thereon and lirmly holding the reins to the socket. A coiled spring I is interposed between the two sections and within the recesses thereof, said spring serving to keep the upper portion of the movable section in close contact With the butt-end of a Whip and retain the same in position in the socket.

A Whip-socket, as herein shown and described, is light in construction, durable, ornamental, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The within-described whip-socket, consisting of the two sections, hinged together, the fixed section provided with the recess and open side or space, and thelock secured therein, and the movable section having the deep flanges, providing a recess, the projection within this recess, adapted to engage the bolt, the coiled spring interposed between the two sections at their lower portions and within the recesses, the upper flaring wings and the rein-holder, arranged directly opposite the slot in the movable section, substantially as described.

2. The whip-socket described, comprising two sections, hinged together, the stationary section provided with a look at the lower end thereof, and the opposite or movable section provided with a recess formed of deep flanges, and a projection within said recess, adapted tov engage the bolt of the lock, the coiled spring, guide-wings and flanges, the latter serving a twofold purpose, viz. to guide the movable section in its rocking movement and to hide the look from vieW, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

J. A. CoLBY, CLAUD DEVERICK. 

